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most siege machines are made from wood
Siege engines.
Siege Engines have been used since the time of the Roman Empire. They were useful when the invaders found their way blocked by a castle or similar large structure. There have been programs from BBC detailing how and why the various siege weapons were used. The modern equivalent to siege engines are the mobile artillery used by most Armies on the planet
The Mongols had a sophisticated knowledge of siege craft and support equipment. In one unnamed assault, they used 4,000 scaling ladders and 4,000 siege engines. Some of these were able to catapult pots of burning naphrha over the walls of a besieged city.
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A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices-particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.
Well Early medieval most countries used a nice weapon called the trebuchet (pronounced tre-boo-shay) which could basically hurl rocks for miles. But as gunpowder became more popular people started to make better and better cannons so at the end of the medieval era everyone was using them as siege engines. Or do you mean big things you'd roll up to the city walls and climb over on? They're called siege towers and they were used from the time of Ancient Rome up until cannons because so effective that you could blast them to bits from a mile away. So: Trebuchet, cannon or siege tower.
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A catapult is any one of a number of non-handheld mechanical devices used to throw a projectile a great distance without the aid of an explosive substance-particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.
Siege machines were invented during ancient times, with their earliest forms appearing around 400 BCE in ancient Greece. Notable developments occurred during the Roman Empire, where various siege engines like the battering ram, catapult, and trebuchet were refined and widely used in warfare. These innovations significantly impacted military tactics and fortifications throughout history.
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